Combination top and medicine container for medicine glasses



March 17, 1942. w. WHEELER 2,276,678

COMBINATION TOP AND MEDICINE CONTAINER FOR MEDICINE GLASSES Filed July5, 1940 I I W ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 17, 1942 COMBINATION TOP ANDMEDICINE CON- TAINER FOR MEDICINE GLASSES Louis W. Wheeler, Toronto,Ontario, Canada, as-

signor to Ingram & Bell, Limited, Toronto, County of York, Province ofOntario, Canada, a company of Canada Application July 5, 1940, SerialNo. 343,946

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a new article of manufacture, namely, acombination' top and medicine container for medicine glasses.

In institutions such as hospitals, the medicine is given at the sametime a dry medicine in the form of pills, etc.

In order to ensure that each patient will receive his or her propermedicine, it is necessary to have some means of indicating on thecontainer the name of the patient. Heretofore, so far as I am aware, nosuitable or convenient means has been provided.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a combination top andmedicine container for medicine glasses which will keep dust or otherforeign matter out of the liquid medicine prior to and during itsdelivery to the patient and which will also provide a receptacle orcontainer for any dry medicine or ointment for such patient and,further, which will also provide a means for designating the patient whois to receive the same.

For an understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing specification and the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my combination top and medicinecontainer;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of my combination top showing' it mountedon the top of a medicine glass; and

Figure 3 is a vertical cross-section.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts throughout thespecification and drawing.

The reference number Ill indicates the usual medicine glass which hasmarked on the sides thereof graduations which indicate quantities in theterms usually employed in prescribing the amount of each dose ofmedicine. The top which is the feature of the present invention consistsof a dish-shaped circular body I I, slightly smaller in diameter thanthe top portion of the medicine glass. The rim of the body'is rolledorturned outwardly to form an external flange I! which provides a meansfor supporting the body on the top of the medicine glass It]. Adjacentthe top edge of the body II is formed an interior'flange l3 which isadapted to support a disposable cover l4. When the cover It is in place,a space is formed between the bottom l5 of the body and the cover Hwhich serves as a receptacle for dry medicine or ointment. Thedisposable cover is made of cardboard and is provided with a tab l6 sothat the cover can be easily removed. The

cover I4 is also provided with a space in which may be written the nameand room number of the patient.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of theUnited States is:

A combined cover and medicine container for a medicine glass consistingof a hollow body adapted to fit into the upper part of a medicine glass,the upper rim of the walls of said cover extending outwardly anddownwardly to form a groove adapted to receive the upper rim of themedicine glass, and an interior annular flange extending from the upperpart of the wall of the cover, and a disposable top seated on saidannular flange and retained thereon by frictional en-- gagement with thewalls of said cover.

L. W. WHEELER.

